Secrtariat laction communautaire autonome du Qubec SACA

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Secrétariat à l action communautaire autonome du
Québec (SACA)

• Contributing to the recognition of community
  action in Quebec
• (Free translation from the French version by the
  Centre for Community Organizations (COCo) May
  2006)

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Presentation Outline

• SACA and its mandate
• FAACA support program
• Voluntary Action
• The provincial Governments Community Action
  Policy
• Publications available on SACAs website
  (www.saca.gouv.qc.ca)

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SACA A department of the Ministry of Employment
and Social Solidarity (MESS)
Government of Quebec
Ministre de lEmploi et de la Solidarité sociale
Deputy Minister
Assistant Deputy Minister of planning,
development and centralized services
Director of the Secrétariat à laction
communautaire autonome (SACA)
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SACA Staffing

• There are approximately 20 SACA employees in
  Quebec City and Montreal

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Mandate

• Facilitate access of governmental resources to
  community organizations
• Determine the adminstrative  Home Ministry 
  (Ministère dattache) of community groups

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Mandate (continued)

• Advise the government on the support granted to
  community organizations
• Document the regional distribution of financial
  resources (Regional profiles)

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Mandate (continued)

• Develop a better understanding of community
  action in Quebec
• Support research initiatives (Directory of
  foundations, community pension plans, etc.)

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Mandate (continued)

• Administer the Support Fund for Autonomous
  Community Action (Fonds daide à laction
  communautaire autonome(FAACA))
• Ensure the application of the governments
  Community Action Policy

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FAACA Support Program

• 2 volets directly concern community groups
• FAACA support fund is, in part, financed by
  Loto-Québec revenues

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Volet 1Support for Collective Rights

• Core funding support for collective rights groups
  (17.6 M for 2006-2007)
• 350 groups supported

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Volet 2 Support for development projects

• Support for the development of autonomous
  community action projects (800,000 for
  2006-2007)
• Approximately 30 projects will be accepted
  (deadline Oct.1, 2006)

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SACA Voluntary Action

• International Year of the Volunteer in 2001
• Allocation of 1 Million
• The provincial declaration of voluntary action
• Adoption of governmental strategic directions for
  voluntary action in 2003 (Orientations
  gouvernementales en matière daction bénévol)

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SACA Voluntary Action

• Creation of a voluntary action network (Réseau de
  laction bénévole du Québec (RABQ))
• Governmental portal on voluntary action
  www.benevolat.gouv.qc.ca
• Voluntary action Logo

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Hommage bénévolat-Québec Award

• Exists since 1997
• 3 categories of awards
• 15 youth awards
• 17 adult volunteer awards
• 15 organizational awards
• Governmental award

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Governmental Community Action Policy

• Adopted in 2001
• Governmental Action Plan adopted in 2004
• Framework agreement (cadre de référence) adopted
  in 2004

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Key elements of the Community Action Policy

• Linking community groups to the ministry of their
  sector (home ministry or ministère dattache)
• Ministerial Accountability
• Interministerial Committee
• Framework agreement to harmonize programs

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Publications available on SACAs website
www.saca.gouv.qc.ca

• Community Action Policy (Community ActionA
  crucial contribution to the exercise of
  citizenship and social development in Quebec)
• Policy information updates
• Report on government activity related to
  community action (631 M) (LÉtat de situation du
  soutien gouvernemental en matière daction
  communautaire)
• Directory of government funding to individual
  groups (5000 groups funded)

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Les publications sur le site du SACA

• 17 regional profiles
• Directory of 75 governmental funding programs for
  community groups
• SACAction.COM

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Conclusion

• A dynamic, informed and determined team composed
  of people who are aware of the value of community
  organizations and the value of the role that SACA
  can play in the support of community action in
  Quebec.